Sporting a "block" head, green shirt and sword, the 8-year-old role-played "Steve" from the game "Mindcraft." Heat wasn't a problem with his costume, which included a cardboard box completely covering his head.

"There's wind blowing through my eye holes," he explained.

Medusa said she wasn't hot, either, though a wig covered her small head and plastic snakes danced through the strands.

Pyper Baker, 7, of Richmond, professed no fear of the real slithery reptiles, though mom Meghan Rissanen said "I do not like them."

The family was in town visiting an aunt who works at Wasserman Travel.

"We came last year and we loved it so much we decided to do it again," Rissanen said.